During a press conference on Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the FIFA World Cup, held in Qatar, will be faced with ” unique challenges ” due to Covid-19.
“ The lessons we will learn from Qatar’s experience in this World Cup will help us all design health and safety measures for other big events,” Ghenreyesus commented.
Two years after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, organizers of the World Cup admit they are “cautiously optimistic.”
The FIFA World Cup, which is scheduled to be held from November 21 until December 18, 2022, is expected to issue almost 17 million tickets for the games, but not all of these will be sold during the first round of reservations, which just ended.
Qatar’s health and safety standards will serve as a ” benchmark for future world events on this scale,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.
The World Health Organization is closely coordinating with the Government of Qatar in the areas of infectious diseases and poisoning risk, as well as coordination and communication during the World Cup.
“Even if the pandemic is still here, with us, we can really start to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary-general of the Supreme Organizing Committee for the World Cup. According to him, “ the pandemic has given new meaning” to this World Cup. He says he is “cautiously optimistic” and hopes that Qatar will be “ the first country to really allow a gathering of fans from all over the world since the start of the health crisis”.
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